This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Verbal Phrases – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Verbal Phrases Quiz 28 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the sentence that best translates the verbal phrase 'singing loudly'. A) He sings loud. B) He is loud singing. C) He sings loudly. D) He loudly sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He sings loudly. 2. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters a participial phrase?Moving noiselessly, the panther stalked her prey. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 3. Eight times a number increased by 9 is the same as 15 more than 7 times the number. Find the number. A) 6. B) -7. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 4. How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?In the middle of the night, I woke up to my mom asking me if I had done all my homework for English. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4. 5. Translate 'the sum of 10 and y' into an expression. A) 10 * y. B) 10-y. C) 10 / y. D) 10 + y. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10 + y. 6. The product of negative three and a number is negative twenty. A) $-3-x=-20$. B) $-3\div x=-20$. C) $-3x=-20$. D) $-3+x=-20$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $-3x=-20$. 7. The phrase in bold letters is a(n) ..... To be sure, Mary is the most efficient person in her department. A) Gerund phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Participial phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive phrase. 8. The teacher ..... the student that was sleeping in class. A) Raised up. B) Made of. C) Pointed at. D) Gave away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pointed at. 9. The student left in charge of the class couldn't control his classmates. A) Infinitive Phrase. B) Gerund Phrase. C) Participial Phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Participial Phrase. 10. What is the gerund/infinitive acting as?His goal was to finish high school in three years. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Subject complement/predicate nominative. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject complement/predicate nominative. 11. Cleaning experts agree that vacuuming the floors is a task best left till last. A) Participial phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Gerund phrase. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gerund phrase. 12. What is the appositive phrase in this sentence? My brother's car, a tricked-out lime green Gremlin, is the envy of my friends. A) A tricked-out green Gremlin. B) My brother's car. C) Of my friends. D) Green Gremlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A tricked-out green Gremlin. 13. What is the gerund/infinitive acting as?When my mom gets home, she will want to eat right away. A) Subject. B) Direct object. C) Subject complement/predicate nominative. D) Object of the preposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct object. 14. In which sentence does verbal phrase describe a purpose? A) Disguised as a clown, father broke in his daughter's room. B) They study hard for better grades. C) Hurrying to the lesson, I occasionally forgot to turn off the light in my room. D) All are incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are incorrect. 15. "d" less than 4, plus 1 A) D-4 + 1. B) 4-d-1. C) 4-d + 1. D) D-4-1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4-d + 1. 16. Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.2 times the difference of a number and 11Use the variable t to represent the unknown number. A) 2t-11. B) 2(t-11). C) 2(t / 11). D) 2 x t-11. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2(t-11). 17. Rewrite each sentence, placing the verbal phrase close to the word it modifies:Swinging from the branches, we saw two monkeys. A) We saw two monkeys swinging from the branches. B) Swinging from the branches, we saw two monkeys. C) We swinging from the branches saw two monkeys. D) Two monkeys were seen by us swinging from the branches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We saw two monkeys swinging from the branches. 18. The sum of x and y A) Xy. B) X-y. C) X + y. D) X/y. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) X + y. 19. Identify the verbal phrase in the following sentence:**To win the championship** was his ultimate goal. A) Gerund phrase. B) Infinitive phrase. C) Participial phrase. D) Prepositional phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infinitive phrase. 20. Which algebraic expression represents "six less than a number" ? A) 6/k. B) K/6. C) 6-k. D) K-6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) K-6. 21. Translate 'three times a number n' into a math expression. A) 3 + n. B) 3n. C) 2n. D) N + 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3n. 22. Translate this phrase into an algebraic expression.The quotient of twenty and a number Use the variable n to represent the unknown number. A) 20/n. B) 20-n. C) N+20. D) N-20. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 20/n. 23. In the sentence below, are the words in bold letters an infinitive phrase?My organization is planning a trip to a training seminar this summer. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 24. Participles are verb forms that are used as adjectives. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Always ..... the right lane when you're passing someone on the road. A) Used to. B) Is used to. C) Used. D) Use. 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